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Wisconsin Department of Health Services

If You Have Complaints about Wisconsin Health Care

Information about Division of Quality Assurance (DQA)

DQA Web Pages Information

Provider Types Regulated by DQA

DQA Listservs

Consumer Information

DQA Facility Directories

DQA Provider Training

DQA Numbered Memos

DHS Forms

Construction/
Remodeling of Health Care Facilities

WI Nurse Aide Training and Registry Info

Caregiver Program/ Background Checks

WI Adult Programs Caregiver Misconduct Registry

Division of Quality Assurance Construction/Remodeling
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 Health Care Facilities

Code Interpretations

The links listed below can be used by facility owners, designers, local building inspectors, or others who have a vested interest in obtaining a written interpretation of code requirements applied during the plan review, construction inspection, or a state or federal survey, conducted by the Division of Quality Assurance, Bureau of Health Services (BHS) engineering staff.

This written "interpretation" is limited to healthcare facilities that the engineers of BHS are the authorized as having jurisdiction (AHJ) to perform the plan review, construction inspection or survey: these include hospitals, dialysis facilities, ambulatory care facilities, community based residential facilities, inpatient hospice facilities and any occupancy that is physically attached to a hospital.

You may follow the process and procedures listed below to submit your request:

 

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